The Film Coma!

[Nelli]

Who originally wrote it, and did Stephen King write a book called Coma?

[Meadowgrover]

Michael Crichton wrote & directed the film. Don't think there is a King book of that name although I believe the main character in The Dead Zone awakes from a four year coma.

[SavageMonkey]

You could say the same thing about "Kill Bill"

[bernardo]

I think the film was based on a book by Robin Cook. The story is approximately the same, although some details are changed - the hero in the book is a man, I think (unless I remember incorrectly) and a student rather than an experienced older person.

[sft42]

Amazingly for such a prolific writer in the "horror" genre King has never written anything with Coma in the title....The Dead Zone's main character Johnny Smith did indeed recover from a long coma with supernatural powers of pre-cognition.

For a complete list of King's works try here http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/Stephen_
King.htm

[Pinotage]

The movie was based on a popular book 'Coma' written by a doctor, Robin Cook (no not the one in the UK parliament).

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The movie was directed by Michael Crichton who shares screenplay credits with Robin Cook